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SAN PEDRO, Côte d’Ivoire – More than 48 children have been rescued and 22 people arrested following an operation targeting child trafficking and exploitation in Côte d’Ivoire.Nearly 200 law enforcement officers from the police, gendarmerie and forestry agencies took part in Operation Akoma (1 – 6 June) which focused on the agricultural and trade sectors a...

ACCRA, Ghana – Law enforcement officers from across West Africa have received specialized training as part of an INTERPOL programme aimed at building policing capacity to strengthen border management.The two-week course (11 – 22 May) at the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra brought together 22 law enforcement officers from im...

LYON, France – The head of INTERPOL has called for increased collaboration to tackle pharmaceutical crime following a recent operation across West Africa which resulted in the seizure of nearly 200 tonnes of fake or illicit medicines worth around USD 25 million.Addressing the General Assembly of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Ass...

ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire – The INTERPOL Regional Bureau for West Africa in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, has hosted the INTERPOL Workshop on Fisheries Crime in the West African Coastal Region. The two-day discussions (15-16 May) addressed current national and international initiatives in fisheries law enforcement, regional cooperation in the fisheries sector and...

SOUBRÉ, Côte d’Ivoire – In an operation against child trafficking and exploitation, law enforcement authorities in Côte d’Ivoire operating with INTERPOL support have rescued 76 children believed to have been trafficked across West Africa for the purposes of illegal child labour.Some 170 Ivorian law enforcement officers participated in Operation Nawa (6-17...

ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire – In the framework of the West African Police Information System (WAPIS) programme, INTERPOL held a working group meeting to discuss legal matters arising from the creation of the regional information-sharing platform.
The three-day meeting (26-28 March) was held at the INTERPOL Regional Bureau for West Africa in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivo...

LYON, France – An INTERPOL-led operation targeting criminal organizations behind the illegal trafficking of ivory in West and Central Africa has resulted in some 66 arrests and the seizure of nearly 4,000 ivory products and 50 elephant tusks, in addition to military grade weapons and cash.As part INTERPOL’s Project Wisdom, and supported by the Internation...

ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire – Developing the skills of law enforcement officers to more effectively prevent and investigate wildlife crime was the focus of an INTERPOL training course in collaboration with Environment Canada and French Gendarmerie Nationale, funded by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).A total of 20 wildlife police officers from...

ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire - INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble has said that the opening of INTERPOL’s new premises for its Regional Bureau in Abidjan symbolizes the commitment of Côte d’Ivoire and West Africa to international law enforcement cooperation.“Since the opening of INTERPOL’s Regional Bureau in Abidjan in 1994, all countries in the region...

INTERPOL's first ever police operation targeting child trafficking in West Africa has resulted in the rescue of more than 50 child workers and the arrest of eight people in connection with the illegal recruitment of children.Two-pronged operationNearly 300 Ivorian law enforcement officers participated in the two-day operation (18-19 June) during which eig...

LYON, France – An international Orange Notice security alert has been issued by INTERPOL for 86 prisoners involved in a mass jail break-out in Côte d'Ivoire.INTERPOL’s Command and Co-ordination Centre (CCC) at its General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon published the global alert at the request of INTERPOL’s National Central Bureau (NCB) in Abidjan, Côte...